Front drum to disc

[shiplee123]

Guys I have absolutely no ideas what sort of cost I would be looking at
What do u think I'd have to pay to fit my early bay with a front disc conversion
Also what roughly is involved
Thanks

 

[Marriedblonde]

do you just the costs to fit a conversion or for fitting and the kit?

I have a csp fitter to mine, i paid less than a grand for the kit and fitting. takes less than 2 hours to fit and bleed.

J.

 

[Tristan71]

Is there a way you could get late bay hubs to fit I've got a pair of 71 hubs

 

[rickyrooo1]

can't you use crossover beam and parts? i'm only guessing as all lates are disc and i believe the chassis is slightly different so you can't use a late one?

 

[Bluesnailman]

I've got futbus and then added an vwjim servo under the rear cargo floor. Prices are on the web sites, then allow a £150 for redoing all the pipes. Well worth the effort. Modification of the master cylinder is free (to remove the one way valves) and then if your doing a proper job you need to source a late bay regulator for the rear brakes. Couple of hours for the front brakes, couple of evenings making and fitting pipes and servo.

 

[mattp]

This would be a far simpler question to answer if you state what running gear / year you have and what PCD wheels you want to fit

 

[shiplee123]

Thanks for your replays guys
I'm no machanic so when it comes to telling u what running gear I've got I can't tell u cos I hant got a clue ?
My bus is a 68 and seems to b original with no mods apart from slightly lowered
Maybe a few pics would help , the bus is out at the moment being worked on so when I get it back ill post a pic or two

 

[mattp]

Ok, we've established your bus but what about the brake -stock 5*205 or Porsche 5*130 or late bay 5*112

It make a difference e.g. what wheels are you fitting?

 

[A5H]

I converted my '68 to late bay disks, then used 130 to 205 adapters. The only issue was that I needed to fit 15" split rims in order to clear the calipers. Probably the best mod I have made to mine

 

[aogrady]

Hi,

I cant offer any help re discs, but why do you want to change, a set of drums in good working order will work well, I dont think discs will stop you any quicker - though a servo will help, you wont have to press as hard, the stopping power is the same. Now you'll need to adjust the brakes every so often, discs are self adjusting, but it's probably a lot cheaper to get your stock drum brakes working properly, than have to replace all with discs, calipers, hoses, master cylinders, adaptors etc...

Mine are stock, perfectly happy, MOT man always surprised with the stopping force anyway. Nowt wrong with drums, you just have to push, no servo, though you could retro fit a servo, that'd be pretty good.

Now if you are fitting a big engine, you'll be changing to bigger discs, vented etc, and then suspension, and then, and then, and so on......!

Just my 2 pence/cent/drackma.groat etc...

Cheers,

Alistair

 

[Johnny69]

Agree with aogrady - if the drums are in good order I wouldn't bother changing personally

 

[Bluesnailman]

I previously agreed with the idea that good drums were good enough. However, having seen a van after an accident i changed to disks on the basis that I really didn't want that for me, and any small improvement to braking was worth it.

I can now say that good disks are better than good drums, less maintenance, no pulling to one side over the other and emergency stops (admittedly the servo is probably the key thing here) that feel like one from the minute I jump on the pedal

Having said that, for those that love drums I've got a great set of front drums, with new cylinders and pads that I must put up for sale so don't want to rubbish drums completely....